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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Thejihadistbarbarism reaches really perverse limits anda globalreaction is required of those whorealizethe need to reject, without hesitation, the seriouscrimes committed by the threatening representatives
known as the "Islamic State"
-in thename of God, what nonsense!-.

Butapplying the measure for measure, although emotional
reactionsmay be invoked, isa terrible mistakebecause it means
positioning in the same schemeof the
jihadistmurderers. The Jordanian
government, urged bythe horror
ofexecutions,has swept upby outrage.I understand the
difficultiesof actingcalmlyin similarcases, butI have no doubtthat a Stateshould not, under any circumstances,
apply the death penalty.

As President ofthe InternationalCommission against the Death
Penalty that advocates for the abolition, Ideeply regret what has occurredandthe cold
reactionof the countries ofthe
EuropeanUnion.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

My conviction
that the collective supreme duty is to ensure a dignified life for all human beings is firmer every day that goes
by.I remember in1956,
after visitinga center for childrenwithdiseases that cause seriousmental deterioration, I felt a so profound shock
that I decided towork on preventionof child disability, avoiding pathological
disorders that if they are not treated timely in
the neonate, are thenirreversible.

Think of thedailygenocideof those living ininhumane conditions; on parents andfamilies ofchildren suffering fromirreversible illnesses...and decideonce and for all to promote scientificdevelopmentto"alleviateorprevent humansuffering”.

No to fanaticism whether is religious,ideological, sporting... It is the negationof the distinctivehuman qualities. It must be eradicated.
Any outbreak is dangerous.

Say no to Islamophobia, xenophobia or exaltation of anykind. Until recently,people could not express freely.Now they can do it. The time ofpassive spectators, silence and submissionis over.

Especially Europe should be the
model in the full exercise of human rights. The Charter of
Fundamental Rights of the European Union in 2000, is much more important, much
more, than the risk premium. The crisis is not just economic. Above all it is ethical. It is the debacle of a system led by ambition and short
sightedness. It is a system that has replaced moral values by stock markets and
the UN by plutocratic groups. A system that has been able to invade another country, with thousands of dead, maimed
and displaced persons, with false arguments to justify their geo-economic ambitions.

Fanaticism for no one, foranythingatpersonal or collective levels. Zero
tolerance.

All humanbeings should enjoyall freedoms,all rights, without
restrictions.Emotion
cannot replacereason,cannot
invalidatethe features that the human species
exclusively have.

In recent years, in addition to terrorist actions
fostered bytheinter-
andintra-religiousfanaticism,extremelydangerousxenophobicreactions have occurredincountries that shouldbe an exampleof solidarity andgood sense.History demonstratesus thatshould not be toleratedand correspond tointernational institutions
of great moral authority not allowing it.In 1933, whenHitlerwrote in "Mein
Kamf" that "the Aryan
race isincompatiblewiththe Jewish race", the League
of Nations should have reacted strictly and urgently... and neither the
holocaust nor, probably, the IIWorld
War would take place. Butthe League of Nationscould not do anythingbecause the RepublicanParty of USA
did not allow theircountry to be part
of the institutionthat its own President had created, and therefore, lacked the
necessary moral, strategic and "physical"forceto intervene.

All
humanbeings are, without exception, equal in dignity andcorrespond, considering a quality of global nature andan equalglobal threat, to provide thedemocratic multilateralism with resourcesof all kinds thatare neededfor this"zero
tolerance". It is urgentto refoundthe
United Nations Systemthat allowshumanityclarifyhorizonsnow so somber, because it is clearthat the forceof reason will not prevail overthe reason of forceuntil we are "We, thepeoples"whohave
in our handsthe reins of our common
destiny.

Now
we canexpress ourselves. Million of
persons, let’sjoinour voicesin the cyberspaceto rejectoutright anymanifestation
offanaticism.Zero tolerance.